Business confidence remained steady across a broad range of indicators, according to the influential NZIER quarterly survey of business opinion released yesterday.
Research and development and education are the priorities for the Government this year as Prime Minister John Key continues his quest for the business growth agenda to drive economic activity.
Threats to curtail the use of Global Mode will directly curtail internet freedom and should be opposed at every opportunity, Dunedin internet service provider Stewart Fleming says.
In a busy economic week for New Zealand, most attention will be on the release this morning of the March Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion.
Impossibly short skirts, sparkles, long legs, high heels, a sultry saxophone, a titillating trumpet; and all before Rod Stewart took to the stage on Saturday night. Dene Mackenzie relived some of his youth and much more at Rod Stewart - The Hits.
The New Zealand economy is still a rock star, according to Paul Bloxham, the man who originally coined the phrase.
Don't dream. It's over. Finance Minister Bill English may have to leave Parliament without ever attaining his much sought-after fiscal surplus in the 2015 financial year.
New Zealand banking profits fell $103 million in the three months ended December but the news is not as bad as it seems.
The performance of Meridian Energy shows the float price was too cheap and the blame for that rests firmly with the opposition parties at the time - Labour and the Greens - Craigs Investment Partners head of private wealth Mark Lister says.
Silver Fern Farms is part of a group of New Zealand primary sector firms opening a joint marketing office in Shanghai.
The listed property sector in New Zealand gained 5.1% in the three months ended March, in line with the 5.2% gain in the NZX50.
BNZ chief economist Tony Alexander is recommending punters wanting to host a parity party put their ordered sausage rolls into the freezer because the time will come when the transtasman currencies are equal in value.
Shoppers in Otago opened their wallets during March, 5.4 million transactions being made in the month, which was 8.8% ahead of the 4.95 million transactions recorded in March 2014.
The short week will be highlighted by two important financial announcements tomorrow which, although not market moving, will underline a couple of positive trends in the economy.
New Zealand businesses may have underestimated the strength of the dollar against the Australian currency, judging from the latest ASB Kiwi Dollar Barometer.
The lagged effects of having a dollar at or near parity with the Australian currency is a concern and something to keep a close watch on, Otago Chamber of Commerce chief executive Dougal McGowan says.
Fonterra is considering making an offer of $250 million of senior bonds to institutional investors and to New Zealand retail investors.
The second half of the current financial year is critical for some listed retailers and key outlook themes include challenging currency movements and a tough Australian retail backdrop, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird says.
There is a growing sense the Reserve Bank has time to continue to assess economic and financial developments before adjusting its cash rate, one way or another, BNZ senior economist Doug Steel says.
A surgw in asking prices in March broke the national record for the third consecutive month, with Central Otago-Lakes and Auckland continuing to duke it out for the top price in the country.